Shirt-protector.



E. D. McCAHEY.

GHIBT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION rum) ran. 10, 1914.

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SHIRT PROTECTOR.

APPLIOATION IILIID IBBJB, 1914. 1, 1 1 0,701 Patented Sept. 15,1914",

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EDWARD n. MoGAI-IEY, onsnefr'rrln, wnsrrriteroiv.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD a citizen of the United'states, residing at. Seattle in'rthe count of K111 and. State of .g V b Vvashington, have invented certain newand' useful Improvements in Shirt-Protectors,fof which the following is a specification, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new -anduseful improvements in shirt protectors and more particularly to a protector such as are used.

by laundries and. the primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this char acterwhich will retain the shirt in its folded positionand,at-the same time, will protect A still further object of the invention re sides in providinga protector designed in the form of a folder constructed from single sheet of material.

A still further ob ect of the invention resides inproviding adevice which is'simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very With these and otherobjects in view, the. invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. i. l

In the accompanying drawings forminga part of this application, Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank in its outspread position.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof. Fig. 3 11s a. rear elevation of the folder in its folded position with the tab for introduction into the neck-band ofthe shirt extended. Fig. .4

is a longitudinal section taken on the line 44, of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the folder in its semi-folded condition, showing the position of the upper and lower flaps'thereon. Fig. dis a perspective view of the folderin a'semi-folded condition. I Fig. 7 is a detail plan view of the means of engagement of the one side flap with the other side flap. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the folder completely folded and having. a shirt inclosed therein;

and Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view showingthe primary interlocking means between v the side flaps which-together form the rear wall section of the device. 7 In describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference Specification of Letters Patent.

throughout the several views and in which p Patented Sept. 15, 1914. Applieation' file'd February 16, 1914.; seriaiiv 819,027; a

' v 1 characters designate corresponding parts: D. MOCAHEY indicates a sheet or blank formed of I .heavy paperor 'pasteboard, the same being composed of a central-or front wall 2 havw ing the side flaps 3 and 4. formed, resplec tlvely on the-aside edges thereof which, to-

gether, are adapted to form a rear wall for a :the folden Theseaside flaps 3 and 4 arev adapted to. be bent along. the dotted lines 5,;

iwhich-lines are formed inthe device by scor' ing or .otherwiseindenting the sheet. Also formed on the lower edge of the front wall.2,

isa bottomfflapt which is adapted to be fbe'nt upwardly against the rearface of the. frontwall 2 along the line 7, which is also :An additional tongue or flap 8 is formed on the upper edge of the front wall 2, the same ibeing adapted tojbe bent inw'ardly against jlformed by scoringor indentingthe sheet.

1 the rear face of the :wall 2, along the dotted line 9.

Zlines 5, to formthefrear wall flaps. of. the folder, the samebeing adapted .to ove'rlap As ,stated, thefiaps 3 and,4. are adapted to .be folded inwardly" along the.

one another, an'dl. have provided an .im--

proved means for securing these flaps'3 and 4 together.. To this end, a vertical longi-.

Z't-udinal slot 10is formed aboutxcentrally: I

oflthe flap '4, while the flap 3 is slit or This slit or .1

gslotted longitudinally at 11.

slot 10 terminates in triangularly-shaped openings 12, thusproviding a pair of tabs or'tongues 13 and 14. In folding the device,

the flap 3 is folded over the flap 4 and the free edge of the latteris received through a the slit 11 in-the former and extends over the tongue portion 13. The tongue 14 of the flap 3 is then bent and disposedin through the slot 10 in the section 4 and flaps 3 and 4 are then securely locked in their overlapping and folded positions. It will be understood that prior to the folding of the flaps 3 and 4 over one another, the bottom flap 6 is folded inwardly against the rear face of the front wall 2. The shirt being placed face forward, against the rearface'of the wall 2, the bottom flap 6 is folded inwardly" against the rear face of the shirt and the flaps 3 and 4 then properly. folded thereover and interlocked one with the other through the medium of the means just described.

The top flap .8 is folded over the neck-band i of the shirt and under the overlapping flaps 3 and 4, and I have provided a means in conobserved. To this end, a pair of spaced .lon- I gitudinal slits or slots 15 are provided which. extend partiallythrough the upper portion of the wall 2 and partially through the top flap 8. These slits or slots15 are connected by a horizontal or transverse slit 16, which extends through the top flap "8, and thus whenv latter is folded inwardlyover the upper portion of'th'e shirt,. and auxiliary top tab 17 remains, which is foldable inwardly,

- with respect to the wall2, along aline 18.

This line, as in the other instances, may be sco'redor otherwise indented in the sheet or i i- Copies of this patent may be 'obtained 'for' five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents, I

blank. This tab 17 is adaptedto be folded inwardly into the neck ofthe shirt and un-.

derFthe bosomthe're'of, thus exposing-a portion of the neck-band and the back of the shirt, adjacent the neck band, to admit the mark therein to be readily observed. 'In

bending the tab '17 tov its effectivewposition, J the same is preferably folded along the transverse lines. 19.

In order to securely lock the; folder" in sition', after being properly 'folde'd over the shirt, the diagonal slits 2O are provided in L the flap 4 which are'ada'pted'to receive the corners of the overlapping flap 3. When these corners are introduced through the slits .20 and the above described locking means p'roperly engaged, the flaps?) and 4 will be securely locked together to form the L .35

rear wall ofthefoldera I v From" the foregoing description of-the construction of my improved device, the manner of. applying. the same to use will be readily understood and itwill-be seen that I have provideduan improved shirt protector which is of thefolder design and which will posi .tively protect the shirt under all conditions. .It will also be'seen that the device is simple and-durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be veryeihcient 'and useful in operation.

elementsbest adapted to perform the func While I have particularly described the tions set forth, it is obvious that various i changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may beresorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles ,of the prising a front wall, top and bottom flapsformed] thereon and foldable inwardly l against the rear face thereof, an outwardly disposed tab struck from an end'portion of the front wall and the-adjacentend flap termediate of the length of the-tab, side-flaps a fpairof tabs for engagement withthe slot,

and foldable inwardly against the rear face" of; the front wall, said line of fold being informed' on the sides of the front wall and foldable inwardly in overlapping relation to one another to provide a'frear wall, one'o f the'side flaps being provided with a slot and with terminal oppositely inclined. slits and the other being slotted andcut-away to form the slits being engaged by the free corners of the latter tabs.

- In testimony whereof'I hereunto affix my" signature in the presence of two witnesses,

EDWA D D. MoOAI-IEY.

Witnesses: I

W. SvWASHBURN, v p I j, JAs. A. DoUcAn. 

